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Now that the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated government quarantines are hopefully in the rearview mirror, employers are faced with a whole new set of questions as they transition a remote workforce back to the office, including whether (and how) employers need to reimburse workers for mileage, or pay for commute time for non-exempt employees

On January 21, 2021, New Jersey Governor Philip Murphy signed into law sweeping amendments to the New Jersey WARN Act, which could soon become the most expansive business closing/mass-layoff notification law in the nation. These amendments were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but could go into effect as early as September 11, 2021, so employers

By: Lewis Brisbois’ Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Team

In 2014, a business associate of a healthcare entity was notified by law enforcement that it had suffered a cyberattack to the company’s information system. Unfortunately, the hackers were able to access and exfiltrate the health information of more than 6 million people from numerous entities served